♪ european police chiefs to meet to discuss the refugee crisis in the hopes of avoiding clashes like this one. hello. welcome. you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha. also on this program: happier scenes where about 100 syrian refugees are start agnew life. it's described as one of the most important days in the u.s. election calendar. we look at why super tuesday is crucial to republicans and

democratic candidates plus: >> i aadrian brian in china. china about to outlaw domestic violence. critics say it doesn't go far enough. >> europe's refugee crisis continues to deepen according to the u.n. refugee agency, over 130,000 people across the medteranean so far this year far exceeding the total for the first half of last year. it's causing tension across the continuenet. police chiefs from greece and balkan states are meet can to talk about what happened yesterday. we carried this live for you. scenes of chaos on the border between greece and macedonia where macedonian forces fired tear gas. thousands are stuck there

because of the border restrictions. let's take you to northern france on the outskirts of the channel port city of calas. refugees evicted from their camps for day 2. police dismantling parts of the camp known of course as the jingle. home to thousands hoping to reach the u.k. we report from rome where almost 100 syrian refugees arrived safely part of a humanitarian pilot scheme allowing thousands to reach europe unharmed we have this report to kick off today with hoda hamyd from the greece macedonia border. >> i am paibt and exhausted they first marched over the railway gate along the bordernt and exhy first marched over the railway gate along the border glanding to be let through. soon, things got out of control. some refugees managed to tear down part of the fence.

others hurled stone att on the other side of the fence. they responded with tear gas. rumor had spread around the camp that the border had opened. hundreds of refugees ran toward the fence. women and children were sitting around their tent when the rumor reached them. >> like everyone else we ran towards the gate people shotting, open the borders. i couldn't see further up. then they fired tear gas. this was wrong. we demand our rights. we have to be patient and slowly, slowly everyone will get in. >> it was any vain. macedonian forces pushed everyone back and brought the situation under control. people stranded here some for as

long as 10 days. the camp is over congested and the uncertainty among refugees is overwhelming. emotions are running high. they worked for hours to reach here after people were bussed here humanity. no humanity. finished. >> like many others, she bonders what will happen next. some of the protest can refugees are still refusing to move back from the fence. >> all of the people they are got to not f we want stay fast. we don't stay here without food and water. >> most refugees returned to

their tents more worried now that europe will tighten front tears even fushther. >> the latest on what's going on, on the border between grease and macedonia. let's get more from hodr. >> hor forces were deployed. after that riot that happened in the morning. a hedge at a quite low altitude over the border area we do know more forces were deployed. there is more water canons that have been stationed along that fence that separates that area where those riots happened yesterday. fewer people there. many are vowed to stay there greece managed to convince them to go back a little bit to the

crossroads where they you believe hold the sit-in and call on the boarders to be open. >> paul brennan covering the store in calais where continue can to dismantle the mac shift camp. >> no evidence of the kind of stone throwing and tear gas trans riot police that has been seen in monday afternoon's episode. the clearance is ongoing. you can see the bulldozers and digger. making that i their way through the shacks and demolishing those. we did see some evidence today. one couple got on to the roof of their accommodations and had to be pulled down by police. people reluctant to be moved elsewhere. the olsz facing my grant and refugees can move to the heated

container. accomodation to the north side of this jungle camp or in the tents alongside. they can be moved to other reception centers as well effectively claim asylum. not the everybody wants to take those options. there is still a number of people here who are dead saet o trying to reach britain. >> one of the refugees routes is through north africa landing in italy. this is per lus. thousands are aloft hair lives. as claudio reports now from rome, a newside lot project hopes to make that journey safer. >> tears of joy relief. refugees from syria have made it to europe arriving by plane rather than by the deep crossing between turkey and greece, part

of a pilot project that will air lift the most vulnerable ref uming ease to italy. >> in that fences, to have unilateral decisions. we need several. one of thesetions to humanitarian corridor. >> among them is georgina. she fled alleppo with her family more than a year ago. the war there so scary. her son hasn't spoken since. >> she has been living in beirut waiting for a safe way out. >> a safe way to get to europe. to go some of the group.

new life. >> the refugees will now be relocated to different parts of italy. some are yet to realize whr they are. they will now receive a warm welcoming, housing, healthcare and he had equation all paid for by two religious organizations. couldn't stand to see people dying, we hope other organizations will follow our example. about 1,000 will be flown to italy in the next couple of years from refugee examples in lebanon and morocco, offering them a safe and legal package to europe and potentially saving hundreds of lives. al jazeera, rome. >> to syria where the u.n. is trying to distribute aid.

the truce is being tested. this video is said to show fighting in hama. the main opposition is accusing the government of violating agreement there. these pictures from the syrian military purportedly show soldiers fighting isil. isil isn't taking part in the cessation of host i think at this. opposition groups there say the army is targeting them, too. speakering about the truce violations, john kerry said it is important they are dealt with. it is agreed while there have been some number of violations reported on both sides and we take them all very seriously. we do not want to lit great these in a public fashion in the press. we want to work to eliminate them. we have agreed on a process by which we will do that. there is a team of people on the ground in geneva and a team of

people in jordan. they are in touch with people until syria. we are going to track down each alleged violation and work even more now to put in place a construct which will help us to be able to guarantee that missions are indeed missions against nusra or missions against daesh. >> americans head to the polls to elect a new president in november. some say it's proven to be the nastiest and most contentious u.s. election ever. march the 1st is the most important date on the calendar so far. here is felicity barr on the significance of super tuesday. >> super tuesday the day when multiple u.s. states choose who they want as their candidate. for the democrats a straight battle between former secretary of state t hillary clinton and bernie sand issues. after her landslide win, she has

a strong lead over sanders with 544 delegates to his 85. tonight, there are 865 in play. it's more crowded race in the republican camp. business tycoon and reality t.v. star donald trump, cruz and it carson and k kaesich. >> defying earlier expectations, donald trump remains in the lead. there are 595 at stake tonight. these are the races we are looking at on this super tuesday. twelve states are involved. as we have seen in recent weeks, anything can happen. join me as results start to come in and we examine how the 2016 u.s. election race is shape up. >> all of the states voting on super tuesday, texas is the

biggest prize. the key issue there is immigration. most of the remaining republican presidential hopefuls have called for the deportation of undo you think migrants. >> may work against the party come election time. alan fisher explains now from houston. in a school haul, many hope to become americans. many are undo you think my grant. ramona has lived under the radar for 50 years. brought as a child to mexico she wants to become a citizen. she wants to vote in november's election. one crucial issue of immigration. >> parents got rough. they don't come back to home i'm

sorry i am emotional because i am mexican. all of the illegal immigrants, 11 million people, others railroad taking a hard line. republicans said they needed to do more to attract latino votes but the language in this election campaign left many alienated and frightened. those regging to vote have stopped republicans. >> latinos are interested in a number of issues. if you are not welcoming of people, you are not going to be getting our ear to listen about your proposal for the economy for education or anything else. >> in a border state like texas, the issue of immigration is never far from the surface. many construction, cleaning, serving jobs are filled by people who cross the border. not many have the right to be here. >> keeps labor costs low. immigrant numbers are going down. the issue hasn't gone away. >> for example, our lieutenant

governor dan patrick ran a campaign and ousted a more establishment mainstream republican. on a campaign we need to stop illegal invasion into texas. there has been a defendant shift in the 20 years in the republican parent on that issue. >> texas is a big prize for republicans. there are a lot of delegates at state. appealing to the base, echoing their feelings on immigration plays well. on november, it will be an issue in the president be election where latinos have more memories. >> in the next few minutes, hopes a new u.n. humanitarian plan will help alleviate the suffering of yemen plus spy tapes and corruption allegations where the push to revive a case against south africa's president is before the courts.

well, back to top stories from al jazeera. the says over 130,000 refugees and my grant across the mediterranean so far this year, far exceeding the total the first half of 2015. meanwhile police chiefs from the balkans are meeting to discuss the growing tensions on their common borders. refugees are prevented from passing across. police in france are dismantling a makeshift refugee camp for a second day. refugees and migrants are stapling protests there in an attempt at further destruction. it's super tuesday when a dozens

u.s. states with candidates for the next president at the turning point in the campaign. both republican and democrats. a indicator of who is favored to win white house. a new aid plan has been presented by the u.n.'s humanitarian coordinator for yemen. it includes the request for 1.wh$1.what i billion dollars t address the yemeni people's most critical needs including medical assistance, food, and water joining us. the u.s. humanitarian joining frus amman in jordan. welcome to al jazeera. $18,000,000,000 u.s. dollars. is that enough? is that all need? >> that's a target number of the populations. we are looking at trying to serve the needs of over 13 million people in a country ravaged by war the last year, a

country, the most vulnerable 65%. >> how do you keep that operation completely focused? how do you keep it as efficient as it can be? >> working with the national lines, working with the international ngo community, the u.n. family coordinating around some of the areas you mentions, food aassiassistance. support for protection difficult because gather other the resources needed addressing those winds observe populations. >> the difference between where we are today and where you would want to be in a perfect world in a month or two. >> it's a country one war has again gone for a year now. at the same time, country is very poor in the first place, we see the situation not improving because the military situation

continues. the peace process is not making process they like to see. the vulnerabilities will still be there. we don't want to come back in a year's time looking for more money for an increased number of polingsz. more we can sell right now, we can reduce the vulnerabilities and the people in the future. >> which areas have you yet to gain access to? >> i see mean it's not been a defendant problem in many places. 75% of the population is accessible. however, there are certain areas where there is ongoing fighting, bombing and airstrikes those areas are problematic. a consistent and regular assess to populations because the areas are under fire, the pomsz there are probably the most vulnerable. it's important to convince the state court and say they have a humanitarian objection for us to have access and address the needs of those populations. some areas are very contested

route now, we would like to reestablish a place there. right now because of the inexecute, it's difficult the other areas on the saudi border is difficult because it's an ongoing conflict area as well. >> thank you very much. three suicide bombers have killed eight soldiers in western iraq according to military sources, the bombers were skied in army uniforms. senior army officers are thought to be among the dead. >> there had a berning another suicide attack on iraqi soldiers and government-backed shia fighters. 25 killed including two officers 25 others were injured when their convoy was attacked by two suicide car bombers. in court trying to reinstate charges of corruption benefits president jacob zuma charge with corruption over a $4 billion

arms deal 11 years ago. jub ilant supporters greeted jacob zuma when corruption charges were dropped in 2006. when the charges were reinstated and dropped again, the final hurdle was overcome for him to become presidenta had been charged with 783 counts of corruption in relationship to tax evasion, proud and a multi-billion dollar after decades under apartheid. it comes down to what are known as the spy tapes. in skroelt taped phone calls, the head of an investigation unit are recorded talking about the timing and how to maximize the damage from them. >> dropped the corruption

charges because he said the spy tapes showed political internal ference. they meant he couldn't receive a fair trial. he did say there had about a valid case against zuma. that's why the opposition democratic alliance pursued the case so vigorously since 2009. it wants the prosecute's decision set aside and charges reinstated. >> zuma was about to become president of south africa. this was a politically inconvenient prosecution and they latched on the one aspect that could marginally justify the dropping of charges. >> anything else analysts say zuma who was less than halfway through his second presidential term is already losing support both within his party and the public. >> it could strongly damage his chances of being able to, shall we say, influence who he is like -- who his likely successor is to be and what happens.

>> in a statement on the eve of the court case, an that the democratic alliance is abusing power and trying to win votes. zuma's lawyers are paying attention. the corruption allegations have dogged him, a vote of no confidence is being debated in parliament although a is likely to win, there is no doubt he is expecting a tough week, tanya page, pretty or i can't. >> to zimbabwe where the former vice president has launch her party zimbabwe people first. she will go up against the president for the elections in 20s 18. she was notified from the government in 2014 for allegedly plot to go kill mr. mugabe. she has been speaking about why she has launched add new party. >> is that system today remains

around our neck. as that system for the people. it's a party that offers transformation and hope and all people of zimbabwe. >> an execution of blasphemy laws. rallies were held in support of kadry hanged on monday for. tistaa called for a reefrment

shooting popular government. a south korea ian opposition party set to end the debate the opposition are trying to block a vote on a government backed aevenlt terrorism law which wol allow intelligence services to collect penal dait's hoped the w domestic violence law will encourage women to overcome the stigma and take their sly length partner to court. they have been waiting for tent years for the law to come to their aid. a report from shanghai. >> reporter: shiling spends a lot of time alone. but she is safe now, safe from a husband who thought it acceptable to regularly beat

her. >> he hit my face. his mother was there and did nothing. people think it is very normal for husband to beat up his wife. >> he wascabe not to mark her face, focusing his kicks and bunch on her arms, legs and back. she went to hospital twice and gave up on the police. >> i went to the police and reported the incident but the police told me, this is family issue so they did not take any action. there is still a stigma attached to domestic violence in china which makes shi a brave woman. she has not spoke be spoken publiabout her abusive marriage which had begun so happily. the story gets worse. after filing for divorce, her husband and mother-in-law came and took her son away.

>> his mother took my son from me by force. they beat me up in my neighborhood and grabbed him from me. my son was only 2. i haven't seen him for two years. >> most surveys showed one in four married women in china suffer violence at the hands of their per. the real figure is probably much higher because reporting abuse is rare especially in the countryside. from today, victims of domestic abuse in china will be able to go to court and seek a restraining order to force the abuser to move out of the home. does it fail to outlaw martial rape and doesn't face enough emphasis on health and social services. lawyer ju wansi says the new law will help but worries there is too much onus on the police to

respond. >> i think the new law will play a very important role until reducing the number of domestic violence cases we need to see results soon the new law came too late forced by tradition to suffer in silence. shanghai. "on target" tonight. i'm at the mow jahi air and space museum. replacement to the ship, the vss, version spaceship unity is all new and it's addressed a lot of the safety issues that were concerns when that last spaceship went down. i'll show you that ande